Luxembourg referred to Court of Justice over
registration certificates

The European Commission has decided to refer Luxembourg to the Court of
Justice for failure to transpose European legislation on the introduction of a
harmonised registration certificate into national law. This legislation helps
improve road safety by making it possible to check that drivers are only driving
categories of vehicle they are authorised to drive. The harmonisation of
registration certificates will also improve the working of the internal market
in road transport.

The purpose of the Directive
concerned[1] is to harmonise
the presentation and content of vehicle registration certificates. The new
certificate:

will help improve road safety as its content will make it possible to check
that drivers are only driving categories of vehicle that their driving licence
authorises them to drive;

will be more easily understood by officials in other Member States who speak
another language;

will facilitate the re-entry into service of vehicles previously registered
in other Member States and contribute to the proper functioning of the internal
market.

Luxembourg did not notify measures transposing this
Directive to the Commission by the deadline of 1 June 2004.